sund-mere
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A place for swimming:?-On sund mere in natatario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 50
sundor-anweald
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Single authority, monarchyEngl. Stud. xi. 66, 54. Sunderan*-*weald monarchia
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syde
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A decoction, the water in which anything has been seethed or boiled Ðysse sylfan wyrte syde ðære tóþa sár gelídigaþ, gyf hyne man swá wearmne on ðam múþe gehealdeþ, Lchdm. i. 280, 3
syge
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Sight, aim (?) Scyppend hafa ðé tó hyhte and á sóð tó syge ðonne ðú secge hwæt have God as your hope, and ever truth as your aim, when you say anything, Exon. Th. 304, 2; Fä. 64
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sylfring
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A silver coin Þreó hund sylfringa trecentos argenteos, Gen. 45, 22
Linked entry: seolfring
symbel
a feast, banquet, entertainment ⬩ a feast,
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a feast, banquet, entertainment Him (Adam and Eve) . . . and hyra eaferum swá wearð sárlíc symbel, Exon. Th. 226, 15;Ph. 406. Him (the blessed) is symbel and dreám, 353, 12;Sch. 96. Se becom tó Prisce, ðǽr hé deófolgeldum geald. Ðá gelaþode hé hine tó
súþ-land
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A land lying to the south Hé eardode on ðám súðlandum in terra australi, Gen. 24, 62
súþ-portic
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A south porch On ðam súðportice, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 39
súþ-rador
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The south of the heavens Súþrador australis, Blickl. Gl. Óþþæt seó sunne on súðrodor sǽged weorþeþ postquam Phoebus equos in aperta refudit Olympi, Exon. Th. 207, 14; Ph. 141
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súþ-wind
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A south wind, Cd. Th. 196, 10; Exod. 289
swan
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A swan Suan holor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 42. Swan, 43, 7. Suon olor, 115, 45. Swon, ilfetu, 63, 40; alvor, 6, 55. Swann olor, i. 62, 12. Swan diomedia, 63, 14. Swanes feðre, Exon. Th. 207, 6; Ph. 137. For instances of the word in local names, see swonleáh
temes
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A sieve
teón-cwide
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Reproachful, abusive, insulting speech, blasphemy, contumely, calumny, slander Ne fríne ic ðé for tǽle ne þurh teóncwide, Andr. Kmbl. 1266; An. 633. Þurh teóncwide by their blasphemous language (saying that a miracle was wrought by magic), 1541; An.
teónere
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A calumniator Hé geeádmét ðane teónere humiliabit calumniatorem, Ps. Lamb. 71, 4
teón-smiþ
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A worker of hurt or wrong, an evil-doer Wǽron teónsmiðas ( the evil spirits that persecuted Guthlac ) tornes fulle, . . . earme andsacan, Exon. Th. 114, 21; Gú. 176
teón-word
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A word that conveys reproach, insult, abuse, calumny; a word that does wrong Hig tǽldon ðæt land mid heora teónwordum they slandered the land with their calumnies, Num. 13, 33. Eorl óðerne mid teónwordum tǽleþ behindan, spreceþ fægere beforan, Frag.
teors
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A tarse (v. Halliwell's Dict.); membrum virile Teors calamus, herþan testiculi, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 30. Teors veretrum, teors, ðæt wǽpen vel lim calamus, 283, 55, 56. Wið hærþena sáre and teorses, Lchdm. i. 358, 4. Smyre ðone teors and ða hærþan, ðonne
teosol
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A small squared piece of stone, a die Tasul(-ol) tessera, Txts. 101, 2000. Tæsium tesellum (tessellis in text, v. tæfl), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 44. Tæfles monnes, ðonne teoselum weorpeþ, Exon. Th. 345, 9; Gn. Ex. 185. Tesulas tesseras, Txts. 114, 84
teóðung-ealdor
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A chief of ten monks, a dean Hwylce mynstres teóðingealdras ( decani) beón sceolon. Gif seó geférrǽden tó ðam micel sý, sýn gecorene of ðám sylfum gebróðrum ðá ðe gódes gewittes sýn, and sýn gesette tó teóðingealdrum (constituantur decani ), R. Ben.
teóðung-mann
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one set over ten persons, a ruler of ten Ic sette hig tó teóðingmannum constitui eos decanos, Deut. 1, 15. Geceós wise men and sóðfæste ... and gesete of him ... teóðingmen ( decanos ), Ex. 18, 21. as a technical English term, the head of a tithing,